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UPDATE @ 5:33 p.m.: A worker suffered frostbite injuries when the cap on a railroad tanker car popped off and allowed Freon to escape, said Deputy Chief James Allen, Springfield Twp. Fire EMS.
Des Plaines City Hall was evacuated late this morning after a Freon tank in the basement began leaking, fire officials said. A service company laborer was working on the 10-pound Freon tank around ...
DENVER (CBS4) - Police need the public's help identifying a man they say stole a generator and two tanks of the gas refrigerant Freon from an auto repair shop in Denver. The theft occurred on ...
The leak was caused by a ruptured Freon tank near H&R Block and Ruby Tuesday. Piringer said the leak has been controlled and that the hazmat team is monitoring the situation. He Tweeted that H&R ...
By Sunday, the fire had spread throughout the vessel and was about 100 feet from the ship’s freon tanks, according to the Coast Guard. Freon is a trademark name typically used to refer to ...
said Detective John Smith of the Brighton Park area. Smith said police believe Lyles was either refilling one Freon tank with another or trying to add Freon to the refrigerator when the appliance ...
"There were workers working on a Freon tank in the basement when there was a leak of Freon," Wax said. "It leaked into the common areas of the City Hall basement, and the vapors extended up into ...